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Webster 1913 Edition
Laboratory
Lab′o-ra-to-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Laboratories
(#)
. [Formerly written also
elaboratory
.] 1.
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science;
as, a chemical, physical, or biological
. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; laboratory
as, the liver is the
. laboratory
of the bileWebster 1828 Edition
Laboratory
LAB'ORATORY
, n.1.
A house or place where operations and experiments in chimistry, pharmacy, pyrotechny, &c., are performed.2.
A place where arms are manufactured or repaired, or fire-works prepared; as the laboratory in Springfield, in Massachusetts.3.
A place where work is performed, or any thing is prepared for use. Hence the stomach is called the grand laboratory of the human body; the liver, the laboratory of the bile.